Transport from Südhof, Camp, Poland to Szymanow, Sochaczew, Warszawa, Poland on 10/12/1939

The camp in Młyniewo was established in September 1939 as a camp for Polish prisoners of war (Stalag Südhof). In late October, it was transformed into a transit camp for Polish and Jewish deportees who were removed by the Sicherheitspolitzei (Security Police) from the Nowy Tomyśl and Miedzychód counties. The camp was situated on the road to the village Wielichowo, some 3.5 kilometers south of the Grodzisk Wielkopolski train station. The camp’s infrastructure consisted of buildings that had previously belonged to an agricultural farm specializing in cattle breeding. Cowsheds, stables, a granary, and two newly built barracks were used to house deportees. The area was surrounded by three high-voltage, barbed wire lines. The living conditions in the overcrowded camp were very poor; the Jews, housed separately from the Poles, did not receive any food or bedding. ...